I was there. The pedestrian ran in front of my car waiting to turn west on to Thistle and was hit by car turning into the sun glare as the car turned south on 35th. The pedestrian was running to beat the flashing walk sign and he ran at an angle. Since I saw the driver’s face very clearly, I am sure he didn’t know he had hit someone until they rolled over his hood.

Runner lucky he wasn’t hurt more. Seemed more worried about his iPod he was listening to.

I’ve been out for a while so just getting into this now. This completely runs counter to our rules – don’t blame the victim (somebody went to the hospital here, for heaven’s sake) among others. If you have information for investigators, please talk to police. Our main reason for covering this was to let people know there was a crash blocking much of the intersection for a while, not to open a debate on who was to blame. Thanks. – TR

I saw it after it happened, but before the police got there. Despite what happened it is really scary to see someone laying in the road obviously hurt. Good luck to the pedestrian and to the driver for getting over this.

I feel terrible for the victim here, another victim on 35th. I hope they recover fully. I think if we all got out of our cars and walked on 35th, we’d be overcome by noise. Perhaps the pedestrian was confused by the chaos one experiences when walking on the noisy 35th corridor? I also think that any car or other vehicle turning at any part of the Thistle/35th intersection has a clear view of each of the corners of the intersection, including the sidewalks leading to the corners. How odd someone would miss a human being moving in the area where they intended to operate their 4,000 pound prosthesis. Personally, I think it is inexcusable to hit a pedestrian who allegedly darted out — as it is my own view that prudent drivers need to slow their multi-ton racing devices whenever any pedestrians are near them. Prudent drivers, in my view, know pedestrians sometime dart out, so prudent drivers proceed with caution. Clearly, one driver today did not. And coincidentally, it’s yet another injury on 35th. Add them to a long list. Was the inattentive and irresponsible driver caught up in the moment by the tendency to speed on 35th? Did 35th’s well-documented dangers contribute to the accident and injury? That road needs to go from 4 lanes to 2 with a center turn lane. I hope the victim here recovers a substantial cash payment from the inattentive driver or their insurer or both, and also explores whether 35th’s dangerous design renders the city also partially at fault. While pedestrians may share some legal blame for darting out, when people drive two ton chunks of steel at high speeds, juries tend to understand that their responsibility greatly overshadows any pedestrian’s, confused by noisy traffic or not. And given the city’s unwillingness to fix the danger that is 35th, I would bet a reasonable jury would be not very sympathetic to the city if the victim did have a cause of action against the city, too.

Seriously shoes? I think Thistle should be slowed WAY down but that’s not happening. Welcome to living in a city. This isn’t a regular occurrence and I am sure the person who hit the person feels terrible. It wasn’t intentional like ‘Hey I’m going to hit this person and make them roll over the hood of my car because I’m busy.’